No, there are many messages in the archive about using strings to instantiate components. Maybe something in the archive will help you.
Give this a try, see what happens. Tracy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of markgoldin_2000 Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: createPopUp question I know all my classes up-front but I am trying to have a generic facility launching popups with clasees which names are sent to it at the run time. Sounds all wrong? --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lets back up a bit here. As I am understanding, you want to pop-up a > component based on a string value containing the name of the > class(component)? Is that correct? > > > > If so, then you will probably need to use > flash.utils.getDefinitionByNam() to instantiate your popup component, > then use addPopUp() to add it to the childlist of its parent. > > > > Some issues include linking the class into application. Often this is > done using a typed variable..This means you will have to know all of the > classes at compile time. > > > > Casting the instantiated class to a type uasble by popUpmanager. > > > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of markgoldin_2000 > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 5:58 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: createPopUp question > > > > <Assuming CustomComponent.popWhatToShow is a public string of > CustomCompontent. > Sorry, but I dont understand what that means. > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com> > , Paul Kukiel <pkukiel@> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I miss read what you were doing earlier. > > try: > > > > > > public function showPopupWindow(parent:DisplayObject, > > WhatToShow:String):void > > > > { > > > > var helpWindow:CustomComponent = CustomComponent > > (PopUpManager.createPopUp(parent, CustomComponent, true); > > helpWindow.popWhatToShow = WhatToShow; > > PopUpManager.centerPopUp(helpWindow); > > } > > > > Assuming CustomComponent.popWhatToShow is a public string of > > CustomCompontent. > > > > Paul. > > > > > > On 09/02/2008, at 8:42 AM, markgoldin_2000 wrote: > > > > > But I can't say WhatToShow:Class because WhatToShow is a class > name > > > which is a string. > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , Sherif Abdou <sherif626@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > public function showPopupWindow( parent:DisplayOb ject, > > > > WhatToShow:Class :void > > > > { > > > > make sure u have it improted too > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > > From: markgoldin_2000 <markgoldin_2000@> > > > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > Sent: Friday, February 8, 2008 3:13:57 PM > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: createPopUp question > > > > > > > > I have changed my function to this: > > > > public function showPopupWindow( parent:DisplayOb ject, > > > > WhatToShow:String) :void > > > > { > > > > var helpWindow:WhatToSh ow = > > > > WhatToShow(PopUpMan ager.createPopUp (parent, WhatToShow, > true)); > > > > PopUpManager. centerPopUp( helpWindow) ; > > > > } > > > > > > > > I am getting: > > > > 1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: > > > > WhatToShow. > > > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, "Paul Kukiel" <pkukiel@ > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Try this: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > var helpWindow:WhatToSh ow = WhatToShow(PopUpMan > ager.createPopUp > > > > (parent, > > > > > WhatToShow, true); > > > > > PopUpManager. centerPopUp( helpWindow) ; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com] On > > > > > Behalf Of markgoldin_2000 > > > > > Sent: Friday, 8 February 2008 4:56 AM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com > > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] createPopUp question > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry have to ask that again. > > > > > How can I make this function working: > > > > > public function showPopupWindow( parent:DisplayOb ject, > > > > > WhatToShow:String) :void > > > > > { > > > > > var helpWindow:TitleWin dow = > > > > > TitleWindow( PopUpManager. createPopUp( parent, WhatToShow, > > > true)); > > > > > PopUpManager. centerPopUp( helpWindow) ; > > > > > } > > > > > createPopUp does not take WhatToShow as a parameter. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > > ______________ > > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > > > know-it-all with Yahoo! 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